Tag: Arts & Performance
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Best Local fiction writer or poet
1. Jorah LaFleur, JorahLaFleur.com. 2. Jalen Thompson, English instructor at UO College of Arts and Sciences. CAS.UOregon.edu 3. Skutch Lucika, Metal-Archive.com. Jorah LaFleur is a spoken word poet who has been writing and performing her poems across Oregon since she was a teenager. She’s published…
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Best Journalist
1. Camilla Mortensen, editor, Eugene Weekly, EugeneWeekly.com. 2. Bob Keefer, retired arts editor, Eugene Weekly, EugeneWeekly.com. 3. Will Kennedy, freelance music writer, Eugene Weekly, EugeneWeekly.com, WeGotThisCovered.com and more. It says a lot that readers voted the top three Best Journos to be longtime Eugene Weekly…
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Best Local TV personality
1. Renee McCullough, KEZI, ABC Channel 9, KEZI.com. 2. Angela Yamamoto, KVAL, CBS Channel 13, KVAL.com. 3. Holden LeCroy, meteorologist, KEZI, ABC Channel 9, KEZI.com. Back in 2013, TV watchers were disappointed to learn that local TV station KMTR had let Renee McCullough and…
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Best Local radio personality or podcaster
1. Deb Trist, Downtown Deb, KLCC, 89.7 FM, Dead Air on Facebook, KLCC.org. 2. Val Steele, US101, 101.5 FM, Val Steele on Facebook. 3. DJ Taco Supreme, Joaquin Arriola, KWVA, 88.1 FM, Spinitron.com.
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Best Club DJ
1. Tinta Turnter, Tiana Husted, Instagram @tinta.turnter. 2. DJ Smuve, Instagram @djsmuve1. 3. Club Neveau, DawnMichelle Neveau, Clubneveau.com. Tinta Turnter is addicted to their booty-bouncing, bass-boosted beats, making her this year’s EW Best DJ. “You get to see everyone’s personalities and styles pop out. And…
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Best Actor/Actress
1. Kali Kardas, burlesque performer Jean Candy, KaliKardas.com. 2. Inga Wilson, OCTheatre.org. 3. Erica Towe, actress and part-time instructor in arts and humanities at Lane Community College.
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Best Local band
1. The Sugar Beets, Facebook.com/TheSugarBeets. 2. Candy Apple Bleu, CandyAppleBleu.com, Facebook. 3. BabySmooth, Instagram @babysmoothsincebirth. Will the Beet go on forever? About to usher in their 35th year since they met in the dorms, The Sugar Beets don’t show any sign of slowing down. The…
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Best Local singer/songwriter
1. Halie Loren, HalieLoren.com. 2. Amiia Nectar, Instagram @amiianectar. 3. Elena Leona, ElenaLeona.com.
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Best Local Theater Company
1. Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St., 541-344-7751, TheVlt.com. 2. Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 194 W. Broadway, 541-465-1506, OCTheatre.org. 3. Actors Cabaret of Eugene, 996 Willamette St., 541-683-4368, ActorsCabaret.org. On Sept. 29, the cast of The Mousetrap took its final bow, concluding a run that spanned…
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Best Classical music group
1. Eugene Symphony, EugeneSymphony.org. 2. Eugene Concert Choir, EugeneConcertChoir.org. 3. Blue Skies Big Band, 1920s-1940s swing, BlueSkiesBigBand.com.
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Best Local clothing designer
1. Sweet Skins Hemp, 850 W. 2nd Ave., 541-393-6925, SweetSkins.com. 2. Ashley Newport, Instagram @hair.witch. 3. Mitra Gruwell, Discard Recycling, DiscardUpcycling.com.
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Best Photographer
1. Athena Delene, Delene & Co., 541-515-9442, Delene.Co. 2. Skyeler Williams, WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave. WowHall.org. 3. Chris Pietsch, The Register-Guard, RegisterGuard.com. One minute she’s at the Eugene BRiGHT Parade, the next she’s pulling local luminaries into her photography studio. The hardworking Athena…
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Best Drag queen
1. Lyta Blunt, Instagram @lytablunt. 2. Karress Ann Slaughter (Cornel Hardiman), Facebook.com/GlamazonsEugene. 3. Maliena Bitchcock, Instagram @maliena_bitchcock.
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Best Drag king
1. Heavy Cream, Melanie Funke, Facebook and Instagram @heavy_creammm. 2. Luke N. Good, Sarah Majercin, Facebook and Instagram @luke.n.good. 3. Edd Zackly, Abigail, Instagram @eddZackly.
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Best Local artist
1. Ila Rose, Instagram.com/ilaroseart, IlaRoseArt.com. 2. Jud Turner, JudTurner.com. 3. Cindy Ingram, Instagram.com/cindy.ingram.art/. From the mural and menus of Morning Glory Cafe to the walls of Tsunami Books and the Eugene Family YMCA, Ila Rose’s art is an embedded part of Eugene’s culture. In her…
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Best Art gallery
1. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon, 541-346-3027, Jsma.Uoregon.edu. 2. New Zone Gallery, 110 E. 11th Ave., 541-683-0759, NewZoneGallery.org. 3. Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave., 541-345-1571, MkartCenter.org.
